Both RCBR and the Pacific NW Community Supported Agriculture Coalition (PNW CSA) were at the Rocky Butte Farmers Market last Saturday. In speaking with PNW CSA’s Mary Silfven, we recognized that park restoration and CSA overlap, in values and in rewards. Park restoration creates beauty and biodiversity; community supported agriculture brings nourishment and resilience. Both endeavors create spaces where community, sustainability, and shared purpose flourish. We are especially drawn to the fact that CSA farms practice regenerative agriculture, a conservation and rehabilitation approach to farming. Regenerative farming focuses on topsoil regeneration, increasing biodiversity, enhancing ecosystems, increasing resilience to climate change, and strengthening the health and vitality of the land. (Wikipedia)
We invite you to check out PNW CSA. They can connect you with your local farmers. They have over forty farms serving the Portland area including the Cully Neighborhood Farm. PNW CSA also conducts helpful workshops like the Basics of Canning.
One more thing we have in common, as the folks at the Cully Neighborhood Farm say, our work “is hard, but it can also be incredibly rewarding in so many ways. This is why we keep doing it even though by conventional standards the pay is so low.” (Cully Neighborhood Farm blog)
Rose City Bluff Restoration 